I could see the pride in your eyes
When you got the news that day
Sixty hours a week, tires on a Jeep
And you'd have off every twelve days

I never thought that mistress in the mountain
Might take you 'way from me
But, sometimes, you've gotta dance with the devil
To put shoes on baby's feet

So I'll pack your lunch and send you off into the dark
I pray that mine won't steal you
from me like you stole my heart

And I will wait for you 'til you're gray and old
And if that mountain calls you home, with you, I will go
I will wait for you 'til those hills run out of coal
And the county company folds and we all go broke

I spend my honeymoon in thе livin' room
You spend yours down in the mines
But at agе nineteen, yeah, that was fine with me
But it gets harder over time

When you're home
go straight to bed 'cause you're too tired to speak
Darlin', I don't mind the lonely or the ashes in the sheets

And I will wait for you 'til you're gray and old
And if that mountain calls you home, with you, I will go
I will wait for you 'til those hills run out of coal
And the county company folds and we all go broke

And I will wait for you and when we get old and gray
I'll thank the good Lord every day that we got there
And I will wait for you even if that mountain wins
I won't let this be the end, I won't give up hope

Love don't go broke